Lamp for motor-vehicles.



R. E. BOORAEM.

LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1916.

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LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11. I916.

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.5 2 SHEETSSHEET 2- w Wl/I/MM ROBERT E. BOORAEM, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

LAMP FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2%, 1917.

Application filed May 11, 1916. Serial No. 96,797.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. BooRAEM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of the city of Denver, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and' useful Improvements in Lamps for Motor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel combination of an illuminating lampand a direction indicating flash light, under the control of the driver,as will hereinafter fully apear.

p In the description of the invention which follows, reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which;- a

Figure 1 is afront view of a motor car with which are combined twoelectric illuminating lamps, and two flash-light direction indicators inaccordance with the present invention.

Figs. 2, 3, 4., 5, 6 and 7 show modifications and details of the device,some of which are on an enlarged scale.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, 2 is the body of amotor vehicle, and 3, 3 are ordinary illuminating electric lamps orlanterns which are supported from the body 2 of the vehicle by means ofbrackets 4. The electric bulbs for illumination in the lanterns aredenoted by a.

Projecting from the. casings 3 of the illuminating lanterns, are coloredfiash-' light bulbs 5 for indicating the direction which the vehicle isabout to take, and which bulbs, when energized, furnish lights visiblefrom the front and the rear of the car. The casings 3 are each providedwith a nozzle 6 into which is screwed one of the said colored bulbs 5they being each covered by a transparent or translucent globe as shownin the several figures. On the electric globe appears a designatingletter, W for instance, whereby the machine can be identified.

In the various views shown in the drawings, the same general idea ispresent, viz. the combination of an illuminating lamp or a lantern, witha colored flash-light bulb, for direction indicating purposes; and toadmit of such combination, the casing of the lantern is shown asprovided with a threaded nozzle into which the bulb of thedirectionindicating flash-1i ht is screwed, but any other means can e employedwhich will effect the same result, thus admitting of a completedevicebeing furnished ready for attachment to a car.

It will be understood that the bulbs 5 to be eflective, must be'of somecolor, and the globes 5 which surround them translucent.

While I have stated that the invention is adapted for motor vehicles, itmust be manifest that it can be used on motor boats without materialchange.

I claim as my invention:

1. As an improved article of manufacture, a light of the characterdescribed comprisinga casing with an illuminating lamp therein and asignaling flash-light fixedly disposed outside of said casingandarranged to flash and rear.

2. An illuminating lamp and a casing therefor, a signaling flash-lightsupported from the casing of the illuminating lamp and extended beyondthe same to flash a light in all directions including front and rear,and a translucent globe supported on the casing of the illuminating lampand inclosing' the flash-light.

ROBERT E. BOORAEM.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. LEVY, WM. T. HOWARD.

a light to both the front

